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NEED MORE EGGS
Federal Review Panel has 11 more IRs for New Prosperity Ken Alexander
National Government stated the panel’s request for supplementary IRs After completing its shows Taseko’s application review of Taseko Mines Ltd.’s “remains deficient” and the March 1 responses to the company “consistently refusFederal Review Panel’s origi- es to conduct even the basic nal 50 information requests baseline studies required to (IRs) on the New Prosperity back up what they are saying Gold- Copper Mine Project, they can do.” the panel has requested Said Gwet’in Chief Roger more information. William: “I feel like they’re Noting it also reviewed wasting our time. It’s time and considered for them to fold up all comments and their tent and move information received on.” from the Interested On April 1, Brian Parties and other Battison, Taseko’s participants in the vice-president of environmental panel Corporate Affair, review as part of the said it’s not unusu15-day public comal to have multiple BRIAN ment period, the BATTISON rounds of IRs. panel has requested “Often there are 11 supplementary IRs. three and four rounds of Panel chair Bill Ross sent information requests.” the request, titled Second Noting these are supDeficiency Statement – plemental questions to Supplemental Information information the panel Requests, to Taseko on already has, Battison said March 28 and noted the Taseko already has its conpanel decided additional sulting and engineering information is required to firms reviewing the IRs. supplement the information “On first glance, it didn’t already provided in order look overly onerous. It could to fulfill the requirements be considered routine quesof the Environmental tions. Impact Statement (EIS) “It’s part of the process Guidelines issued in March and part of how the review 2012. panel process unfolds – the The supplementary IRs back-and-forth between the are necessary for the panel proponent and the panel.” to determine if the EIS is He explained the panel sufficient to proceed to already has a lot of inforthe public hearing, Ross mation: two environmental wrote, adding that once assessments (provincial and the additional information federal review panel); a is submitted, the panel will draft EIS, a draft went to decide if more information all departments where they is needed or whether it can provided feedback, which go ahead with scheduling was incorporated into the public hearing. Taseko’s final EIS; the panel In its March 28 press Continued on 3 release, the Tsilhqot’in Free Press
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Two-year-old Trigg Jenson appeared to be a bit concerned about the lack of Easter eggs he had found during the early stages of the Easter egg hunt at the Lone Butte Community Hall on March 31. However, it wasn’t long before Trigg was a happy camper as he had a basket full of goodies that he hunted down on Easter Sunday.